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Oral risk without ejaculation

Hi there, I wonder if you could help. A little over two weeks ago I performed oral sex on another man for a few minutes. He didn't ejaculate in my mouth but there may have been precum. At one point he touched my throat so I'm concerned that precum may have come into contact with mucous membranes and caused a potential route for infection. Also my oral health isn't 100 percent. A day or so previously, my gums bled slightly when I was flossing. I've read conflicting information online about my risk level, I.e. None to significant so I'm pretty worried. If I take a 4th generation test at 28 days, is it reliable? Thank you for your help.
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This answers all of your HIV questions, and if you can think of any more just reread about the 3. You had zero risk therefore  testing is irrelevant to your situation because you had zero risk. HIV is a fragile virus, which is instantly inactivated in air and also in saliva which means it is effectively dead so it can't infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. It doesn't matter if you and they were actively bleeding or had cuts at the time either because the HIV is effectively dead.  
Only 3 adult risks are the following:
1. unprotected penetrating vaginal with a penis
2. unprotected penetrating anal sex with a penis
3. sharing needles that you inject with.
The only way to get HIV is if you did one of the 3. The situation you describe is a long way from any of these 3.
Even with blood, lactation, cuts, rashes, burns, etc the air or the saliva does not allow inactivated virus to infect from touching, external rubbing or oral activities. Doctors have calculated the risk from what you describe to be less than that of being hit by a meteor, therefore no one will get HIV from what you did in the next 40 years of your life either. The above HIV science is 40 years old and very well established, so no detail that you can add to your encounter will change it from zero risk.
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Thank you very much AnxiousNoMore. I really appreciate your response and it’s helped to allay my fears. The only boggling worry that I have is that so many sites I’ve seen (e.g. public health websites etc) say that there is a risk and that condoms or dental dams should be worn for oral sex. Why do they say this if the risk is truly zero?
Some sites use theoretical risks that have never manifested in real life. To put this in perspective, you run the risk of e Coli after any meal, however you don't head off for E Coli testing 3 times a day despite the fact that people actually do die. And you don't do a safety inspection of the plane you ride in despite some developing malfunctions in the air.
That’s a good way of putting it. Thank you!
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